The chief motivating factor in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is

a. a desire to purge

b. an overwhelming drive to eat.
c. an overwhelming urge to be thin.
d. a desire to starve oneself.


c

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When Tommy's Mom asks him to stop playing video games he ignores her. When she asks him a second, third, and fourth time in a louder voice Tommy continues to ignore her. By the fifth time, Tommy's Mom screams at him to stop playing video games, and he finally stops. Eventually, Tommy's Mom has to yell at him ten times before he quits playing video games. In this example, whose behavior has been

shaped? a. Tommy's b. Mom's c. Tommy's and Mom's d. neither Tommy's nor Mom's

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A result is said to be reliable if a repetition of the experimental procedure yields the same outcome

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which is the most accurate conclusion from the large body of research that exists on the effects of viewing media violence?

a. Viewing aggression directly causes increased aggression and desensitization to violence. b. Viewing aggression does not cause increased aggression and desensitization to violence. c. Viewing aggression is related to increased aggression and desensitization to violence. d. Viewing aggression is not related to increased aggression and desensitization to violence.

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Erik Erikson's last developmental stage is:

A. autonomy versus shame and doubt. B. intimacy versus isolation. C. integrity versus despair. D. generativity versus stagnation.

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